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The Disability Fund Inc

As a nationally certified cdfi, dof's mission is to provide financial products, technical assistance, equity investment andfinancial advisory services that improve the quality of life and build personal wealth for people with disabilities and theirfamilies, and support organizations serving this market.

$2.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
37
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$812k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Employment$3.1MCommunity Improvement$2.3MHealth$1.8MHousing & Shelter$673kEducation$413kPublic Benefit$365kPhilanthropy$317kHuman Services$253kOther$0
02FY2025 · 37 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 37 grants below total $1,996,332, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,171,843 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $175,511 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $38k
  • $10k–50k25 grants · $498k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $375k
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.1M
$18,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$66M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE SCHOOLHOUSE HOTEL$812,390
REBUILD METRO INC$272,839
241 SHORE ROAD LLC$100,000
DIF MANAGEMENT I LLC$80,000
IMPACT ASSETS INC$75,000
EPIC MEDICAL SERVICES PC$70,300
ENABLED INTELLIGENCE$50,000
JBI INTERNATIONAL INC$46,920
TRIPLE A & C INVESTMENTS$45,000
Individual grant recipient$40,000
NATIONAL DISABILITY FINANCE COALITION INC$25,000
GREENBRIAR VALLEY AQUATIC CENTER$25,000
SITELINT$25,000
APPALACHIAN COMMUNITY CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION$25,000
JUST CAPITAL ACCESS INC$25,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $479k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 58% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%LTO VENTURES: $5k → 7%FIRSTLIGHT FOUNDATION: $10k → 21%ILO: $10k → 14%ILA: $10k → 21%CHABAD OF BROOMFIELD CO: $25k → 5%TOGETHER FOR CHOICE: $5k → 13%RESPECTABILITY: $50k → 8%LITTLE FLOWER: $10k → 7%PERSONS CENTERED CARE SERVICES: $15k → 11%INDEPENDENCE LIVING ALLIANCE: $5k → 21%EXCEPTIONAL MINDS: $25k → 14%JESPYORG: $5k → 16%EXCEPTIONAL MINDS: $10k → 14%DSAF: $10k → 7%INTERGRATE AUTISM EMPLOYMENT: $25k → 17%BROOKLYN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $10k → 20%GUIDING EYES: $10k → 9%INTERGRATE AUTISM EMPLOYMENT: $15k → 17%LOIS BRONZ CHILDREN'S CENTER: $5k → 9%AHRC: $10k → 17%WSS STRIDE: $30k → 18%SNACK: $10k → 17%INSPIRED COMMUNITY: $5k → 17%JOHN JAY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $10k → 17%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION: $21k → 6%YOUNG ADULT INSTITUTE: $7k → 17%HARTLEY HOUSE: $25k → 17%HARTLEY HOUSE: $25k → 17%HARTLEY HOUSE: $10k → 17%SUNRISE ASSOCIATION: $6k → 6%GURAL JCC: $25k → 6%COMMUNITY MAINSTREANING ASSOCIATES: $10k → 6%CMA: $25k → 6%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
NV
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NC
DC
HI
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

56%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.8M · 35 repeat orgs$3.8M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +15% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

35 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 23 since wound down; 23 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

35
128

Total granted

$4.8M
$3.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+9%

Still filing today

69%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $834k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • ND
    NATIONAL DISABILITY FINANCE COALITION
    5× · 2019–2025 · $116k · revenue +40%
  • WR
    Warrior Rising
    2× · 2020–2022 · $110k · revenue +425%
  • KH
    KAREN'S HOPE INC
    6× · 2019–2025 · $84k · revenue +15% · 36% of their budget

Funded once

  • DM
    DIF MANAGEMENT I LLC
    one grant, 2022 · $332k
  • DH
    DOF HOTEL LLC
    one grant, 2023 · $240k
  • WH
    WSS HARDWARE LLC
    one grant, 2022 · $204k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Accesscny Inc

Accesscny offers personcentered services that empower individuals of all ages and abilities to reach their full potential as part of our shared community. services are provided with dedication, compassion, innovation, and commitment. the…

Health
2
Job Path Inc

Job path supports people with autism and other developmental disabilities as they make choices about their lives and play valued roles in their communities. job path encourages people to explore what they want out of life and to chart…

Employment
3
Nassau Suffolk Services for the Autistic Inc

Nassau suffolk services for the autistic (nssa) offers hope to people with autism and their families by providing high quality life-long support through services which enable people with autism to function better in everday life. nssa…

Health
4
Acds Inc

Acds is dedicated to providing lifetime resources of exceptional quality, innovation and inclusion for individuals with down syndrome, autism and other developmental disabilities and their families. we provide a continuum of year round…

—
5
Tiegerman Community Services Inc

Tiegerman community services, inc. (tcs) offers adults with developmental disabilities a supportive and nurturing environment that promotes a lifetime of personal growth, learning and self-esteem. the program is designed to assist…

Human Services
6
Central New York Quest Inc

Central ny quest has been established to serve the needs of persons with intellectual, developmental and mental health disorders in the central new york region.

Human Services
7
The Manhattan Childrens Center

Provides transdisciplinary behavioral intervention and education to children and young adults, ages six to twenty-one, diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities.

Education
8
Abilitypath Housing

Abilitypath housing advances affordable, accessible housing projects that promote independence and inclusive communities for adults with developmental disabilities. through partnerships and innovative program designs, abilitypath housing…

Human Services
9
Autism Services Inc

To provide cost-effective residential, social, intellectual, physical and vocational services to individuals with autism in group homes and in home support.

—
10
Center for Independence of the Disabled in New York Inc

The center for independence of the disabled, new york's goal is to ensure full integration, independence and equal opportunity for all people with disabilities by removing barriers to the social, economic, cultural and civic life of the…

Human Services
11
Alternatives for Children

To provide quality programs for young children with special needs.

—
12
Advance Care Alliance of Ny Inc

Advance care alliance of new york, inc. (acany) is dedicated to providing the support and services for you or your loved one with an intellectual or developmental disability need to lead an active, healthy, and fulfilling life. acany was…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Arc of New Jersey Inc; the most unlike its peers is Lto Ventures. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

114 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 114 of the 189 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
21
Early backer (in before they grew)
106/114
Grantees still filing
64/114
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE SCHOOLHOUSE HOTEL: $2,087,390 · OtherTHE SCHOOLHOUSE HOTELDIF MANAGEMENT I LLC: $960,000 · OtherDIF MANAGEMENT I LLCDIF MANAGEMENT I LLC: $332,316 · OtherCITY OF WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS: $275,000 · OtherDOF HOTEL LLC: $240,000 · Other+104 more: $2,843,678 · Other+104 moreTHE GREATER GREENBRIER VALLEY: $975,000 · PhilanthropyTHE GREATER GR…Warrior Rising: $110,000 · PhilanthropyWarrior RisingIMPACTASSETSINC: $75,000 · PhilanthropyIMPACTASSETSIN…+8 more: $109,590 · Philanthropy+8 moreHARTLEY HOUSE INC: $60,000 · Human ServicesDISABILITY BELONGS: $50,000 · Human ServicesINTEGRATE AUTISM EMPLOYMENT ADVISORS INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesCommunity Mainstreaming Associates Inc: $35,000 · Human ServicesEXCEPTIONAL MINDS: $35,000 · Human ServicesWSS STRIDE INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesTHE MARION AND AARON GURAL JCC INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesCharity Navigator: $25,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY AND CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION INC: $21,000 · Human Services+20 more: $172,652 · Human ServicesREBUILD METRO INC: $272,839 · Community ImprovementNATIONAL DISABILITY FINANCE COALITION: $116,000 · Community ImprovementNEW YORK STATE CDFI COALITION INC: $30,000 · Community Improvement+2 more: $20,000 · Community ImprovementEPIC MEDICAL SERVICES PC: $70,300 · HealthJBI INTERNATIONAL INC: $46,920 · HealthAUGUSTA LEVY LEARNING CENTER INC: $36,280 · HealthMADISON HOUSE AUTISM FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 · HealthGREENBRIER COUNTY HEALTH ALLIANCE: $35,000 · HealthJOYDEW FOUNDATION A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $25,000 · HealthASCENDIGO AUTISM SERVICES INC: $25,000 · HealthNYU LANGONE HOSPITALS: $20,000 · HealthFLOAT RESEARCH COLLECTIVE: $20,000 · HealthBOOMER ESIASON FOUNDATION: $17,500 · HealthINDEPENDENCE CARE SYSTEM INC: $15,000 · Health+6 more: $58,015 · HealthAllegro Foundation Inc: $60,000 · EducationADELPHI UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · EducationTHE FAISON CENTER INC: $35,000 · EducationSPECIAL EDUCATION LEGAL FUND INC: $30,000 · EducationItineris Inc: $15,010 · EducationZAREINU INC: $15,000 · EducationTHE BENEDICTINE SCHOOL FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN INC: $10,000 · EducationThe Childrens Academy: $10,000 · EducationCHILDHOOD LEAGUE INC: $10,000 · EducationBUSINESS INVESTMENT GROWTH INC: $10,000 · Education+2 more: $12,000 · EducationKELSEY: $50,000 · Housing & ShelterCABRILLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $15,000 · Housing & ShelterMAIN STREET CONNECT INC: $15,000 · Housing & ShelterNICKYS GARDENS OF HOPE INC: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterSunny Side Development Ltd: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterCORNERSTONE HOUSING FOR ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES: $10,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$6,738,384Philanthropy$1,269,590Human Services$493,652Community Improvement$438,839Health$404,015Education$257,010Housing & Shelter$110,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE GREATER GREENBRIER VALLEY: $975,000 over 2y, 30% of budgetNATIONAL DISABILITY FINANCE COALITION: $116,000 over 5y, 23% of budgetWarrior Rising: $110,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetKAREN'S HOPE INC: $83,500 over 6y, 36% of budgetAllegro Foundation Inc: $60,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetHARTLEY HOUSE INC: $60,000 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetKELSEY: $50,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetDISABILITY BELONGS: $50,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetADELPHI UNIVERSITY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJBI INTERNATIONAL INC: $46,920 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetHEROES TO HEROES FOUNDATION: $40,825 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetINTEGRATE AUTISM EMPLOYMENT ADVISORS INC: $40,000 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetAUGUSTA LEVY LEARNING CENTER INC: $36,280 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF AKIM USA INC: $36,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetCommunity Mainstreaming Associates Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMADISON HOUSE AUTISM FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetGREENBRIER COUNTY HEALTH ALLIANCE: $35,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetGIRL BE HEARD INSTITUTE: $35,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetTHE FAISON CENTER INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEXCEPTIONAL MINDS: $35,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSPECIAL EDUCATION LEGAL FUND INC: $30,000 over 2y, 8.1% of budgetWSS STRIDE INC: $30,000 over 1y, 32% of budgetCEREBRAL PALSY SOCCER INC: $30,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetNEW YORK STATE CDFI COALITION INC: $30,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetAPPALACHIAN COMMUNITY CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOLD WHITE CHARITIES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetJOYDEW FOUNDATION A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $25,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetFUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASSOCIATION OF THE SUPPORT OF PRESC: $25,000 over 1y, 31% of budgetTHE MARION AND AARON GURAL JCC INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Pat Cairo Family Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetASCENDIGO AUTISM SERVICES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCharity Navigator: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFAMILY AND CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION INC: $21,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNYU LANGONE HOSPITALS: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFLOAT RESEARCH COLLECTIVE: $20,000 over 1y, 8.3% of budgetGOFUNDMEORG: $18,470 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOOMER ESIASON FOUNDATION: $17,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetItineris Inc: $15,010 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCABRILLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMAIN STREET CONNECT INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetPERSON CENTERED CARE SERVICES INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetZAREINU INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetYOU ARE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE INC: $15,000 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetINDEPENDENCE CARE SYSTEM INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Arc of Cape May County Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGABRIELLE'S ANGEL FOUNDATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH INC: $14,520 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFOUNTAIN HOUSE INC: $12,425 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds THE GREATER GREENBRIER VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds REBUILD METRO INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL DISABILITY FINANCE COALITION ↗
  • Who funds Warrior Rising ↗
  • Who funds KAREN'S HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds IMPACTASSETSINC ↗
  • Who funds EPIC MEDICAL SERVICES PC ↗
  • Who funds Trillium Collective LTD ↗
  • Who funds Allegro Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds HARTLEY HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds KELSEY ↗
  • Who funds DISABILITY BELONGS ↗
  • Who funds ADELPHI UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds JBI INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds HEROES TO HEROES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds INTEGRATE AUTISM EMPLOYMENT ADVISORS INC ↗
  • Who funds PTA NEW YORK CONGRESS ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Greater Kanawha V…The Goldman Sachs Cha…Hollowell Dawkins Fou…The Shiloh FoundationNext for Autism IncKessler Foundation IncAbner & Mildred Levin…Robin Hood FoundationMother Cabrini Health…Pwc Foundation IncThe Ford FoundationUnited Jewish Appeal-…
The Greater Kanawha Valley FoundationWV19.6× affinity8 shared granteesties to 5 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Hollowell Dawkins Foundation Inc · The Shiloh Foundation · Next for Autism Inc · Kessler Foundation Inc · Abner & Mildred Levine Family Foundation Inc · Robin Hood Foundation · Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc · Pwc Foundation Inc · The Ford Foundation · United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Disability Fund Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Disability Fund Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 130%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • The Benedictine School for Exceptional Children Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Rebuild Metro Inc: 5% of income from government
  • The Arc of Cape May County Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Jespy House Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Joydew Foundation a Nj Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
  • Heroes to Heroes Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
13get no government money at all
24report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How do I get to The Disability Fund Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Disability Fund Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 189 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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